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Department of Anthropology and Sociology

Black Mountain by Charlotte Whitby-Coles, Amin Hajee, 2008, 84 min

Charlotte Whitby-Coles

Date: 21 November 2012Time: 1:00 PM

Finishes: 21 November 2012Time: 3:00 PM

Venue: Russell Square: College BuildingsRoom: Khalili Lecture Theatre

Type of Event: Film

Series: Ethnographic Film Series

A once unremarkable site of multi-faith pilgrimage in the Rann of Kutch to a Sufi Saint has been transformed and its local history rewritten - the film documents the journey of Charlotte, a student undertaking her PhD research in India, who, whilst researching religious pilgrimages, stumbles upon the politicisation of a pilgrimage site in western India.

Organiser: Dr Stephen P Hughes

Contact email: sh37@soas.ac.uk